What is your top speed?

[joostio]

Just read in another post about someone being passed by a Deli at geat speed, Just wondering what most people feel comfortable with for a top speed and RPM for long distance cruise. I drive the island highway each day and I cruise at 120KM on the flats or downhill, a bit slower up hill. I travel alone.


120km/h 3250 rpms

[after oil]

the space antelope's top speed was 140km/h. i got to that twice no problem. it was in the 3200rpm range. i usually like to go 100-120km/h on my frequent island hwy travels. but if i have lots of time then i like to drive 80-100 and laugh all the way at the v6 v8 guzzlers that are passing me in their huge shiny and EMPTY trucks and SUVs

[marsgal42]

I've had Gumdrop up to 125. Her most comfortable highway cruise speed is 100.

...laura

[Kakah]

150 kph in the Vantasy!

I cruise at 120 kph, sitting at a hair over 3000 rpm, which seems to be a bit lower than my buddys Deli. He needs nearly 3500 rpm to hit 120 kph on flat highway. I've seen just under 150 kph coming home through Idaho down a rather large hill. The Vantasy was starting to shake and wander a bit! On the other end of the spectrum I can only manage 60 kph approaching the toll booth on #5....

[Schwa]

I got up to 140kph on the freeway and decided that was fast enough, didn't really see the need to go any faster, although it seemed as though she'd go faster.

[glenn]

120 km/h most the way down to las vegas and back. Never felt the need to go faster. I killed a lot of bugs at this speed. Once you start driving at 120, 100 seems slow - although I kind of feel like I'm pushing the van too hard. No noticeable black smoke at this speed.

As a side note, it was 44 C in the desert, and the van seemed to love it. I had the AC on the whole time, and even at 120, the temp gauge never went much above 1/3 from cold, and my fuel consumption didn't seem that high. I still got 597 km out of one tank of gas (filled to the neck, and run well into the reserve). I never calculated the actual milage - kms/miles/imperial gallons v us gallons - too much effort!.

On an even more unrelated side note - Driving down to vegas, I felt like a rockstar. So many people rubbernecking to see the van, and lots of conversations about it. The vast majority of americans below the border have never seen or heard of a delica before.

[patty]

I can do 120 just under 3000 RPM. on my way up to PG i stayed a a constant speed of around 110km after the shitty part of the road around lilloet with around 2700 RPM.

[Green1]

my tires are slightly smaller than stock, so on the highway I do 120(ish) at about 3200rpm, I've had it up to almost 140, but didn't want the ticket so I didn't stay there long.

I'm comfortable up to about 3500rpm, anything over that I try not to let happen for too long. (though redline isn't until somewhere over 4000...)

[quadzilla]

146 kph. GPS proven. 3600 RPM. Really poor fuel economy!

[delicat]

I made it to 97km/h, that's my top speed and I stick to it. If I wanted to go faster I'd get back to my ZX11.

[konadog]

I made it to 97km/h, that's my top speed and I stick to it.

Me too!

[fishslapper]

I have only taken it to 120 km/h. I am sitting at 2700 rpm at 100 km/h.
Do you thing that is too high ?? I was wonder what other people get for rpm @ 100 km/h ..............
Sorry for the side question !

[delicat]

It comes down mostly to tire size, wear and style... and a few other things.

Funny thing is my RPM sometimes varies for the same GPS accurate speed under similar conditions, don't know why some day I get 200 rpm less for the same speed???